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THE UNDERGROUND • RAILROAD. 



We cut 1>li<^ following sketct from the Fkedonia Censor, 
being a part of fhe best liistory of that Institution ever 
published: 



Sketches from the History of the 
Underground Railroad. — No. XIII. 



TiiK Escape ob' Jim and his Compan- 
ions — NiGUT Meetings among the 
Slaves — An Angry South- 
erner IN Fkedonia. 



Three fugitives arrived at our 
station about 8 o'clock one night in 
January, 18 — . They came in a 
sleigh, covered with robes and 
blankets so that no person was to 
be seen. The load had the appear- 
ance of a load of grain protected 
from the snow on a stormy day. 
They had been pushed forward 
from Painesville, Ohio, in a very 
secret way, changing conductors 
every day, or at midnight as was 
the case sometimes ; the conductor 
who brought them to our place, 
had started ia the afternoon and 
had driven 20 miles through the 
drifting snow. As the night was 
dark and the road toward Black 
Eock not well beaten, we thought 
we might venture to wait until 5 
o'clock in the morning before we 
»ent them forward. They had been 
obliged to deviate from the most 
direct line two or three times, be- 
ing closely chased by an experienc- 
ed hunter who had "bought them 
running," or at his own risk. Our 
detectives had misled the fellow, 
and although we hoped he had be- 
come discouraged and gone home, 
we determined to be careful, and it 
was well we did. 

Rev. Mr. F was in our vil- 
lage that evening on a visit to his 

brother who lived there. Mr. F 

kept u ttation op the U. Gr. R. R., 



in Chautauqua Co., therefore I in- 
vited him to have a talk with the 
fugitives, and also to give us the 
benefit of his counsel about getting 
them through. One of the boys, 
named Jim, gave us an interesting 
account of their adventures. He 
was a shrewd fellow, and had not 
intended to run away until the day 
they started, when he decided to 
come for the sake of flhe other two, 
for, said he, "They couldn't come 
without me, they didn't know 
how." They were his particular 
friends ; he thought a "heap" of 
them, and their mother had learned 
tTiat they were to be sent South in 
a drove soon after Christmas. The 
two boys had always been kept on 
the plantation, had seldom been be- 
yond its boundaries, while he (Jim) 
had been a kind of sub-oyerseer, 
had been sent to market to assist 
in driving mules, sometimes had 
charge of a gang of hands, and was 
therefore more competent to "find 
the way out" than the other boys 
were, and was finally persuaded by 
their old mother to go with them. 

They had been provided with 
passes to spend Christmas with 
their relatives on another planta- 
tion, but hoping to find friends in 
another direction they started to- 
wards the Ohio River, sixty miles 
off. The Christmas festivities, 
which Were being celebrated by the 
slaves Oil all the plantations, en 
abled them to supply themselves 
with food and shelter at the slave 
quarters along the way. The 
weather was uniumally cold and 
they expected iTonblc in crowing 



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iR. PEnrrs medicines. 




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Having, through an exteusi;re medical piactiGfe, deyoted much consideration lo 
treatment of that painful and dangerous disease, 

NURSING SORE MOUTH, 

Also, the remote and proximate diseased influence on the numerous fibres and nervous tis- 
sues, suffering under diseased action, with the repeated failure iu the use of the usual cm-- 
ative applications of borax, vegetable styptics, solutions, washes and tinctures, I commenced 
a series of experimemts, aided by close observation, and a knowledge of the origin of the 
distressiii| symptoms accompanying the disease, which resulted in the combination of the 
"CANKER BALSAM." This is the article I have used in my practice, with unJaUinq 
sticcess, for twenty yeare. It always cures "The Nursing Sorb I^outh "—the most ag- 
gravatiag cases yield to its soothing influence and healing power. The occasional use of 
mild, saline cathartics is often appropriate. For the cure of 

INFANTS' SORE MOUTH AND SORE NBPPLES, 

It should be applied with a feather; a few applications will effect a perfect cure— it never 
fails. The Canker Balsam applied to Inflamed or Swelled Gu»is, particularly to the gums 
of Childre)} when Teething, will afford knmediate relief ; frequent application will re- 
duce the inflammation and keep the patient quiet. 

CANKER in the moiit/i, throat, stomach nr bowels, accompanying 

CANKER RASH OR SCARLET FEVER, 

I'eiiuires but a few doses of this remedy to remove it entirely. 

ENLARGED TONSILS.— The use of the needle and knife, so much (headed by chil- 
dren, is entirely guperseded by a new application of this safe, easy and powerful remedy. 

Irritation of the Bronchia, better known as that uneasy sensation usually tenned "tickl- 
ing in the throat," producing COUGH, is relieved by the use of this remedy— relief is in- 
stantaneous. 

Small spots of CANKER appearing on the tongue, lips and cheeks, are cured by apply- 
ing a single drop of this article at a time, seldom requiring a repetition. 

For removing HOARSENESS, nothing can compete with this article ; the usual reme- 
dies, such as hot drinks, hoarhoimd candy, cough lozenges, etc., bear no comparison with 
it ; exceedingly pleasant in its taste, mild, though active in its effects— it is administered to 
childien or aduhs, attended with less unplaasant results, and more certainty of restoring a 
liealthy action of the mucous membrane than any medicine heretofore known. 

DIPHTHERIA. 

Use the CANKER BALSAM freely as a gargle. It has never been known to fail 
when used in its early stages. 

BURNS AND SCALDS. 

Saturate a lincu cloth with PETTIT'S CANKMi BALSAM, and lay upon the Bum. 
It will never blister. 

E. M. PETTIT, Svpt. American Eye- Salve Co., 

FREDONIA, N. Y. 

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PETTIT & BABKEB, Proprietors, 

Central Avenue, FREDONIA, N. Y. 



UNe^ERGROUNI) RAIHtOAD SKETCH. 



tihe horses and take care of the old 
man when he gets drunk, and of 
course they hear it all, and when 
we have a meeting they tell all 
about it. We can't understand 
what it all means, but one thing is 
sure, they got madder and madder 
every time, and when they come 
to blows, I always intended to help 
the side that would help us, which 
ever that was," | 

A few weeks after tliis I was re- i 
minded of what Jim had said about 
those meetings in the night, by 
reading in one of our popular mag- 
azines an incident related by a slave- 
holder to a gentleman who was vis- 
iting at his plantation in the Sea 
Island cotton region. The slave- 
holder, whose name was Poindex- 
ter, said to his friend, Mr. Hill, "I 
am exceedingly perplexed about 
what course to pursue with my ne- 
groes. I was surprised and not a 
little amused by what I saw last 
night. My boy Tom oversees all 
my hands on this plantation, is the 
best manager in the county, makes 
the best crops with the least trouble ; 
he never whips, and there is no 
skulking and no sham sickness. He 
is a Baptist preacher, and all the 
slaves for miles around come every 
Sunday to hear him preach. There 
is as Tom says a 'powerful revival' 
in these parts, and he has many 
times during the past month as]ced 
for a pass to go to an Island near 
at hand to hold a meeting in the 
night, and as he is always on hand 
in the morning I usually let him go. 
Having noticed an unusual sadness 
in Tom's countenance of late, and 
other things in his deportment that 
seemed peculiar, mr cin-iosity was 
excited and I concluded to follow 
him last night to witness his man- 
ner of holding his meeting. He 
crossed the narrow inlc.t to the 
island "on the trunk of .a fallen tijee, 



and instead of going towards the 
plantation he struck into a narrow 
path leading through thick bushes 
towards a dense forest. I managed 
to follow him niearly half a mile into 
the woods, when I saw the liglit of 
of a large lire shining on the tall 
trees. A few men were sitting 
around on logs, and others constant- 
ly coming, but no woinen or chil- 
dren. I kid myself near the cleared 
spot and waited until almost mid- 
night, when I saw a man approach 
the fire towards whom the neijroes 
(as many as a hundred had arrived,) 
showed a marked respect. He im- 
mediately stepped on to a stump 
and commenced a speech, having 
first called on Tom to say if any 
spies were about. Tom's answer 
being satisfactor}'-, he said, 'I have 
come a long way to-night to hear 
your decision. Tom, we will hear 
from you.' 

"Tom came forward and said in 
a firm voice, 'I cannot consent to 
this rising. It can do no good. 
True, word comes all the way from 
Virginia and Missouri, that if we 
will commence here where there 
are few white folks, we can make 
a geod start and soon an army will 
fill the land and nothing can stand 
before us ; but, ray friends, it isn't 
so. "We can d# nothing to better 
our condition ;' and after repeating 
a part of tlie Sermon on the Mount 
he sat down. 

**Then the stranger came for- 
ward. He was very black, his fare 
shone in the light of the fire. He 
stood like a statue, his eyes turned 
toward the heavens for so long a 
time that the silence seemed pain- 
ful. Til en the tears started iwm 
his eyes; he commenced in a low, 
musical tone, 'It's all over, no man 
will stand by me ! God help us !' 
He then began to speak of the. in- 
justice of slavery, the cruelties, the 



DH. PETTIT'S MEDICINES. 




In ofEcriug this article to tke public, the proprietor takes the liberty to say that a class 
of diseases incident to the Hoof of the Horse and destructive to the use of the animal, or 
greatly depreciatin? his A-ahie as a roadster, ma}' be cured by a proper and discreet appli- 
cation of the Hoof OrsTMKXT, or, that which is better, if applied in proper time, may be 
prevented. The horse which is kq^t on dry food, and when at rest stands on a dry lloor, 
is liable to a ;6everish state of the foot, causing the hoof to become contracted, hard and 
brittle, and cqfisequently liable to cracJc, forcing an unnatural pressure upon the Navicular 
Joint, CollinJ Bone and Bars. The delicate frame-work of the foot becomes diseased, and 
the horse is crippled and" stiif » in his movement, and often becomes useless or nearly so to 
his owner, to prevent which, a more rapid growth of the horny portion of the foot needs to 
be excited, and the hoof rendered more soft and elastic, and brought to its original shape 
and sixe. To effect this, the Hoof Oint.mext should be applied to the Coronar}^ I^'iig, 
(the point between the hair and hoof.) once in three days. In a few days the lioof will be- 
come soft and elastic, and an entire new lioof, sound, smooth, and of its original shape, will 
be gi"own in from three to six mohths ; durhig which time the horse may be kept at moder- 
ate labor, due attention being given to his shoeing, leaving out the nails toward the heel. 

Prevention Better Than Cure. 

By ajiplying the OiHtment two or three times per month, the inflammatory action which 
causes the desease will be abated, and a sound and healthy hoof constantly secreted. Care 
should be exercised, and his floor and bed kept clean and dry as circumstances will allow. 
Sand and Quarter Cracks require no other treatment than the application of the Ointment 
as directed. Cutting the foot above the crack should never be allowed. Apply the Oint- 
ment and allow the horse to stand ciuietly upon a dry clean floor until the new hoof has 
grown an hich or more, when, if desired, he may be put to modci'ate work, but not to hard 
drafts. 

The proprietor deems it uselees to add Testimonials and Cerfcificates, thinking it sufficient 
to say, "Try it at his expense if it fails to do as he promises." He will state three cases 
Avhicli came under his own eye, and which he can vouch for or substantiate. 

The Hrst is of a Qr.MiTEi: Sakd Cn.vcic. The hoof was cracked from the shoe to the hair, 
and along the coronary ring to the heel, and the entire quarter was loose. By treating it 
witli theOintment as directed, the horse was put to work in fom- weeks, and has not lost a 
day's work in eight months since. His fool now (March, 1854:,) is sound and smooth, and 
pronounced by Ills blacksmith to ])e as soft, tough and pliable a foot as he drives a nail in. 

TBT' MiSt .'MiiE. laCT @a^ JEES:® 

The second case is of the TnRrsn. The horse's foot seemed to be entirely rotten, and the 
stench arrising from it was so bad. Uiat the blacksmith almcst refused to shoe him. By 
applying the oiulmeut as directed, the disease was entirely cured by loosing the diseased 
frog and its dropping off and forming a new. sound frog, perfectly healthy. 

The third case is of Contkacted Feet. This c'asc seemed to baffle the usual practice of 
taking off Iws shoes and letting him run to pasture for a season, for when taken up and his 
shoes put on, bis feet seemed to grow worsen instead of belter ; in fact, he became useless, 
and almost wortliless. Two months application enlarged his feet to their natural size, and 
the horse can be driven to the top of his speed without flinching, upon" the plank or pave- 
ment. 

The Hoof Ointment, in addition to its soothing and healing qualities, has a tendency 
constantly to secrete and excite a more rapid growth of the crust or wall of the foot, and 
thus overcome the elTects of standing upon dry floors, bard driving upon pavements and 
plank roads, either of which tend to dry up, harden and make brittle the hoof, oatising fre- 
quent shoeing, thus continually cutting off the hoof and leaving the horse without that 
which Nature gave him to stand upon. 
Jr".ArM OJS. SO C^lEnXTTS. 

All Orders for DR. l^ETTirS MEDICINES, addi-essed 'to 
PETOT <t BARKER, Central Avenue, 

Fredonia, Ciiatttaitqua Co., N. Y. 



UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SKETCH. 

licentiousness, the degradation ; and 
such impassioned eloquence I never 
lieard from any man as he exhibited 
when in his final appeal he called 
npon them to avenge themselves 
even though there were no hopes 
of success. He then walked away 
in another direction from whence 
he came. 



way did you come ?" said F ^. 

"From the village of Fredonia," 
was the reply. "I hired this horse 
there and supposed I was on the 
right track, but have not been able 
to trace the fugitives anywhere this 
side of that town." 

'•Did you call on Dr. ?" 

No. Where does he 



"When he was gone, Tom arose 
and said, 'Vengeance is mine, I will 
repay, saith the Lord. I hear that 
a great many white people pray 
that God will come down and de- 
liver us, and he will come sure. — 
Let us pray.' They all knelt while 
'Eom prayed, not for the destruction 
of their enemies, but that they 
might repent and deliver the poor 
slaves from bondage. I came away 
before he closed his prayer." 

The next morning about two 
hours before daylight, our train 
crossed the creek on the ice, carry- 
ing Jim and his companions to- 
wards Canada. Mr. F. was up and 
saw the fu2;itives start, and about 
sunrise he left for home. When 
passing the watering trough at the 
west end of the village, a man was 
there letting his horse drink. The 

man spoke to Mr. F , and said, 

"Do you live here, sir ?" "No," 

said Mr. F . "Are you ac- 

cpiainted about heref "Yes," re- 
plied Mr. F . "Well, can you 

tell me if there are any Abolitionists 
in this town V" "There may be," 

said Mr. F , "though I could 

hardly tell who they are. My broth- 
er says, 'we are all Democrats 

here.' " Mr. F had mistrusted 

the fellow at first sight, and the 



ive V" 
"Just out of town, about a mile 
from where you got your horse. 
He is a man that would interest 
himself in your affairs, and could 
obtain for you more information 
than all the rest of the people be- 
tween here and his place." 

After getting particular direc- 
tions so as to find the Doctor's 
place, the slave hunter iluujked Mr. 

F , turned about and drove with 

all speed, but it was noon when he 
reined up in front of the said Doc- 
tor's house. He was soon seated 
at the hospitable old fireplace, but 
without waiting to get w\irm he 
made his business known, and ask- 
ed if the Doctor could ascertain and 
let him know anything about where 
to look for the fugitives; "for," 
said he, "I traced them to a place a 
mile or two west of here, since 
which I can hear nothing about 
them." The Doctor was some time 
getting a full description of them 
and then said, "I think I know 
pretty near where they are wow." 
"Well," said he, brightening up, 
vou will do me a great fiivor." — 
"Well," said the Doctor, "they 
left here about noon yesterday, and 
I calculate tliey an; crossing the 
river at Black liorfk about this 
time." "Ah ! ah ! That is the in- 



shvp c'ltohfr for it was ho thought i '"^••'mation you arc so well iircpaied to pivo:' 
Slave Cdicner,ior It was lie, inou,^!!!, r^^|„, gcpng closed with Komc tall Souilicra 

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no doubt, that F was not an 

Abolitionist, else he would know 
more about it than he seemed to,- 
so he told his business and olfered 
to jaaj^ him handsomely if he would 
he^find the fugitives. "WTiich 



profanity, which was cut short by a request 
from the lady of the house ; she desired hira 
to warm hiniself ok soon as possible and re- 
tire, for she did not like to have the ehildren 
listen to sufh l:in;^aia;j;o. l'>y tlie next stage 
he went to Buffalo, but he was too late. Jim 
and the boys vrph safe under the protection 
of the BriliBh Ltou. Conductok. 



TE:STIM:0]Nri^LS 



Gentlemen— I enclose you this letter (one 
of mauy,) believing it my doty to do so that 
you might know the reputation Pcttit's Eye 
Salve is gaining in this section. 1 have sev- 
eral letters Irom other parties who have used 
it, they all speak in the same tenus of the 
Salve. Very Respectlully, 

D. V. MoCoKKLK. 

Druggist, Chattanooga, Temi. 
Athens, Tenn., Jan. 27Lli, ]S(JH. 
D. V. McCoKKLE, Esq., Chattanooga, Teuu. 

Deai: Sip..— I enclose one dollar for four 
boxes more of Pettit's E5'e Salve, per mail. 

It is gradually restoring the eyes of my 
daughter, who lias suffered with sore eyes 
for more than two years, and after av« had 
tiied almost evciything else and failed, in- 
cluding cauterization of the lids. For si.\ 
months before commencing the use of the 
above Eye Salve she was almost totally 
blmd, could only dbcover the bulk of a per- 
son m the doorway ; but can now, after a 
litUe more than a month's use of it, tell the 
hour on the face of the clock, and it seems 
that she will certainly be fully restored to 
sight. It is certainly a wonderful change 
under Providence after years of suffering. 
Very Tiiily Yours, 

A. H. Gkegort. 



E. M. Pettit, Sup't Amejican Eye Salve 
Go. :— For the enclosed 25 cents jileaso for- 
ward me a box of the American Ejc Salve. 
Two years ago I was very much troubled 
witli weak and uiHamed eyes ; I obtained a 
box of your Salve, and to my great pleasure 
found that it was all that it was recommend- 
ed, and now send for another box. 
Yours Kespeclfullv, 

MLss LAURA A. MALLORY, 
Hamdeu, Del. Co., N. Y. 



SnARON, March 6th, 1867. 
American Eye Salve Co. : — Please find 
enclosed one doUar imd thiily cents, for which 
please send the worth of it in Dr. Pettit's 
American Eye Salve, as I think it the best 
medicine for the eyes that 1 have found, and 
if it conthiues to do as well as it has done 
it is likely I shall send for more to use in 
l)ractice. Please send it all in one box, as it 
will come some, cheaper. Please direct to 
"James Randolph, Sharon, Noble Co., O." 
Respectfully Y'ours, 

■JAMES RANDOLPH. 
Save enough to pay postage. 

Double Pipe Creek, Carroll Co., Md., 
Dec. 12th, 1867. 

American Eye Salve Co., Fredonia,N.Y. 
—Enclosed please find (81.75) one dollar and 
seventy-five cents, for which please send one 
do/en boxes Dr. Pettit's American Eye Salve, 
to the addi-ess below. I sold him one box 
some time ago. and how he wants a dozen 
boxes for himself and friends. He says they 
Avon't do without it ; that it is the best Ejc 
Salve they ever used. 

Y'ours Respoctfullv, 

WILLLN3I II. RENNER. 

Send to the address of '-Levi Baker, J«hns- 
ville, Frederick Co., Md." 



Register Office, U. S. Treasury, 
Jan 2-^, 1863. 

American Eye Salve Co.— Please find en- 
closed 155 cents, for which send me a box of 
Dr. Pettit's Canber Balsam. 

I have been buying the Eye Salve, Avhich 
my wife finds helps' her eyes more than any 
tli'ing she ever used before, and I have bought 
two boxes and srnl North to her sister. 

I called on all Druggists here for the Bal- 
sam, and they havo nane. Two have written 
to New Y'ork for it, so they say, but have 
not received it. 

I now make direct application t« you, 25 
cents for BiUsam. and ten cents for postage, 
sent by mull. Please remit on receipt of en- 
olosecl Yours, 

Wm. BLASLAND. 

P. S.— Balsanj, not Salve. 



VVeatiierly, Cai-bon Co.. Pa., 

June l8t, 1868. / 

A.MERICAN Ete Salve Co.— Having opened 
a Drug Store in this place, I would like to 
keep some of your Eye Salve for sale. Hav- 
ing used it mvself , I can recommend it favora- 
bly. I would like to have one doz«ri boxes 
to begin with ; I will send you the money oh 
receipt of goods and bill, or you can send 
them C. O. D. 

Hoping to hear from you soon, I am your 
obd't scrv't, ^ ^^ ^ 

DR. J. B. TWEEDLE. 
Weatherly, Carbon Co., Pa. 



South Hai>ley Falls, Mass., April li.', 1S6',). 
American Eye-Salve Co.— I enclose $3 00 
and want you to send me some Eye Salve.—- 
I had some from you last summer and it did 
wonderful cures. It cured sore eyes for 
eight persons that were nearly blind for a 
long time. My friend, Horace White, w.-vs 
visifmg me two yeais ago. I had sore eyos 
and he sent me one box by mail and it cured 
me. S«nd by Exi>rcss. Truly y'>urs. 
E. C. WHITE. 

[ Note : Horace Whit-e of Laona.— Am. Bye 

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